Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold describes the fantasies of its full-of-life heroine, Cassie Louise Lightfoot, who, on a summer night in Harlem, flies over the George Washington Bridge. These ants are in for a rude awakening when they are scooped from the sugar bowl and plopped into a cup of boiling-hot coffee. Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg is about two greedy ants who, in search of crystals for their queen, stay behind in the kitchen’s sugar bowl and fall sound asleep after eating more than their fill of sugar. The adventure truly begins, however, when the bear stumbles upon an unattended sandwich in the park. The Bear Ate Your Sandwich by Julia Sarcone-Roach is a light-hearted tale about a bear who finds himself lost in the city.
As a parting gift, Emi’s friend gives her a special bracelet, but when she loses it in her new home, Emi worries she may lose the memory of her friend forever. The Bracelet by Yoshiko Uchida follows a young, Japanese-American girl, Emi, who must leave her home during World War Two. Enjoy! Here are a few of my favorites picture books with strong inference examples! This commission directly supports us as a small business and ensures that we can continue to create high-quality content for upper elementary teachers, like yourself! As always, the products shared are tried, true, and tested.
If you purchase through one of these links, The Teacher Next Door, LLC receives a few cents on the dollar. Stopping every now and then to use think-aloud strategies and pair-share discussions will reinforce the idea that readers are thinkers, and making inferences is a big part of that thinking! This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. Using mentor texts is a great way to focus on inferences. Making inferences is one of the key reading skills that good readers need to master! Piecing together information from the text and reading between the lines is almost intuitive for some readers, but for others, it’s a skill that can be taught over time.